Formerly Enemies, Now Sons of God

We were dead in our trespasses :(Ephesians 2:1), alienated against God in our darkened minds(Ephesians 2: 12). What enmity existed between us and God, that was done away with once and for all in the Cross, through the death and resurrection of His Son, Jesus Christ:

"But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:

"Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. " (John 1: 12-13)

We are His, and nothing can change that:

"But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine." (Isaiah 43: 1)

If we fear that what we have done has alienated us from God, let us look to scripture for the eternal comfort of God's infinite love for us:

"In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the LORD thy Redeemer." (Isaiah 54:8)

And in the Epistle to the Ephesians, Paul writes:

"And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;

"Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:" (Ephesians 2: 1-2)

And later:

"That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:

"But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.

"For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;" (Ephesians 2: 12-14)

We were enemies, and now we are in one in Christ. We have an everlasting righteousness, one equal to God's own Son, by whose faith we live in this world!